Hololive's Aqua, Sephiroth Statues Greets Prospective Students at Kyoto University

 

Today marked the general entrance exams at Kyoto University, which sees hundreds of prospective students walk through the campus to the halls where their futures await. Every year, current students at Kyodai erect signs and statues in support of their future underclassmen. 

 

One such tradition is the annual Orita Hikoichi's statue event, where current students make up an imitation statue (usually a pop-culture reference) to greet prospective students taking the general selection exams. Though the celebrations usually only having one statue going up to represent the now-gone statue of one of the founders of a previous incarnation of Kyoto University, three went up this year, including hololive's Aqua, Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth, and the boar from Kaiketsu Zorori. 

 

 

京大入試会場の湊あくあ像にスパチャした奴マジで誰だよ pic.twitter.com/XTiot7vZdM

— 山田 覚巳 (@ydk_jug) February 25, 2021

 

 

 

京大入試名物の折田先生像見に行ったら、セフィロスおった。 pic.twitter.com/kwoxDFed54

— 京大職員同好会 (@kusyokuin) February 24, 2021

 

 

 

京大入試2021

今年の折田先生像は、ノシシ

疫病対策も万全W pic.twitter.com/aEmdf1Lp5G

— つんつん (@tsun_tsun_dayo) February 24, 2021

 

 

But Kyoto University wasn't having it, putting up signs asking for the statues to be taken down (which can be seen in the images above). Because of the abundance of statues this year, only one was placed on top of the pedestal where the original Orita Hikoichi stood, with, thankfully, signs around the statue to socially distance people. The more accepted (by the university) signage also returned this year, with hololive's Pekora, Demon Slayer's Akaza, and many more come out to encourage the exam takers.

 

 

京大入試にフォールガイズいたんだけどwww pic.twitter.com/QM2hb2s10y

— kyou改 (@hcfyxd) February 24, 2021

 

 

 

仕事はえーな京大生！
That’s a quick turn around from the #hololiveALT preview#タテカン #立て看板@univkyoto @KyotoU_News pic.twitter.com/Mqbnu93K12

— ray_of_beer (@rkt0218) February 18, 2021

 

 

 

浪人はステータスだ
希少価値だ
(らき☆すた) pic.twitter.com/0cuhKdEjQY

— 京大立て看同好会(京看同) (@kutatekan) February 24, 2021

 

 

 

京大に猗窩座いた#京大入試2021 pic.twitter.com/yhPR2pZO9Y

— クニ (@kuniksnd) February 25, 2021

 

 

 

京都大学きらら同好会を愛しています pic.twitter.com/pY4vyR3xck

— いぬクリームコロッケ (@jhonson1415) February 24, 2021

 

 

Source: Kyoto Shimbun

 

Hero image from @kusyokuin

Thumbnail from @tsun_tsun_dayo

 

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.

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